Ulaanbaatar
Swiss Agency to continue support herders for four years
EconomyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A launching ceremony of Green Gold and Animal Health Project consolidation was held on February 2 with a meeting of national processing enterprises and herders 'cooperatives.
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has implemented ‘Green gold’ project in 2013-2016 and ‘Animal health’ project in 2012-2015. The Agency plans to implement the consolidated project between 2017-2020 with aims to strengthen and enhance good practices of sustainable rangeland management, marketing of livestock products and improved animal health in order to contribute to improved livelihood of herder’s households.
The SDC intends to secure and end its investments in the livestock sector in Mongolia by increasing sustainability of herders' organisations and by ensuring institutionalisation of sustainable rangeland management and improved animal health systems.
During the meeting, the delegates of processing industries and herders discussed how to supply quality animal-originated raw materials including skins and meat and how to increase the value of raw materials through meeting standards as well as export possibilities. 13 industries made a preliminary agreement with some cooperatives to buy some raw materials of MNT8.7 billion, including wool, cashmere of sheep, camel and yak.
